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A Reason To Smile
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A Reason To Smile
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“We express more to each other how much we love each other and how much we need each other”
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“We express more to each other how much we love each other and how much we need each other”
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We're Expanding to Six New Cities to Foster Conversations Across American Political Divides
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Comfort From The Kitchen
16:30
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Comfort From The Kitchen
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“You could save them, but you could end up killing me.”
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“You could save them, but you could end up killing me.”
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Make Sure You Thank That Teacher
16:09
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Make Sure You Thank That Teacher
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The StoryCorps Podcast

Discover stories from our podcast’s new season about comfort, wisdom, and hope.

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Grateful To Be Your Dad
18:12

Grateful To Be Your Dad
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To Live With Your Hands Unfolded
14:51

To Live With Your Hands Unfolded
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Little Kids, Big Questions
15:46

Little Kids, Big Questions
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From One Essential Worker To Another
13:18

From One Essential Worker To Another

Get to Know StoryCorps

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An Introduction to StoryCorps from our Founder
2:59
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Stories to Lift Your Spirit

Honoring Black Voices

Discover these stories from StoryCorps Griot, our national initiative to ensure that the voices, experiences, and life stories of African American people are preserved and presented with dignity.

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Me & You

Me & You

Jackie Miller and her son, Scott, share a conversation that leads to unexpected revelations and shows the profound love between a mother and her child.
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“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”
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“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”

Sharon and Larry Adams remember how their love story turned into a love affair with their whole community.
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Leading the Way
2:43

Leading the Way

John Washington, 95, was born blind and with a severe loss of hearing. He sat down with his eldest child, Melva Washington Toomer, for a conversation about the pride he takes in his kids and to laugh over some of their childhood hijinks.
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"Anytime they had a stunt to do with a black actor, they would paint these white guys in blackface."
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"Anytime they had a stunt to do with a black actor, they would paint these white guys in blackface."

Willie Harris and Alex Brown remember the prejudice they faced as African American stuntmen while breaking into the film industry in the 1960s.